I looked at two studios in the same building last week, one looked pretty great just that the floor was olive green and I didn’t think to ask if they would paint it. The other was completely trashed by an artist they had in residence who F*d up the wood floor with paint all over, as well as the linoleum/vinyl tile in the entry of the studio, when I asked if they would clean the floor she first said no, then she said she’ll see. They are both the same size, both have a small room attached. I think I came off a bit naive because she started offering me all this stuff left behind by the previous artist and kept trying to steer me towards the that room, little did I know she was just trying to do less clean up work. Did I mention an exposed vertical pipe in the entry? I guess I didn’t really notice it when I was there but I did take pictures and then noticed it, I’m afraid it might be connected to a bathroom on the floor above. Specifically the toilet, it definitely was the standard size for sewage pipes but I haven’t asked yet and she didn’t even mention it.

Simple solution would be to take the other room, right? But I’m thinking, there’s no way that anyone is going to rent that messed up room, she practically begged me if I knew anyone else who was looking . Its in a pretty good spot, the first room you see when you walk into the building easy access to utility sink, far enough away from floor bathroom, close enough not to be a trek. If you’re superstitious, suite 206 would equal 8, numerology would suggest very good for business (maybe feng shui would disagree with the pipe). But wow if anyone who knew better saw it (aka not me) they would never pay 800 a month for that (I live in Westchester, NY that’s as good as it gets for a huge room with an extra room as an art studio). I think I want to negotiate the lease, because I know for a fact no one else is going to lease that space, the previous artist wasn’t even actually paying. I figure it would be easy to cover the pipe, either box it in, or put a temporary wall to hang art and since she was trying to get out of doing any renovation, I would ask a family member who owns a contracting company for help. I’m not sure what shes required to do if I ask for certain renovations to be done, I really don’t know anything about this. But I’m pretty sure if I ask her to reno the floor and paint the walls she supposed to? Utilities are included and its a 24 access building. Do you think I can negotiate from 800 to 600?
Sorry if this was loaded but I could use all the help I can. Thanks in advance.